Meraki reviews

3.8

68% would recommend to a friend

(682 total reviews)
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Lawrence Huang

73% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Meraki has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 682 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Meraki employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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682 reviews
1.0
Sep 22, 2024

Stay Away

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The office location is great. There is free lunch and a barista on site some days.

Cons

Meraki’s glory days are long gone, and it’s a masterclass in mismanagement. The head of design? Completely out of touch, more obsessed with climbing the corporate ladder than delivering a decent product. Meanwhile, the leadership team is more concerned with micromanaging and endless status updates than actually, you know, leading. No wonder Meraki is lagging behind—too many PowerPoint presentations, not enough progress. As for the company culture? Let’s just say “transparency” is about as welcome as a cold email from a recruiter. Oh, and Meraki’s self-delusion that they’re somehow superior to Cisco? That’s not exactly a high bar to clear.

5.0
Feb 9, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great pay, and some really good benefits - for example, I get paid days off to volunteer in the community, and I work from home with a flexible schedule. Morale in the team I work on is high - people like working here. We're getting stuff done and having fun doing it. I feel empowered to make change if I see it needs to be done. We change our process if it's not working for us. I feel respected and I respect my colleagues. I like my manager and really the whole management team is fantastic. They communicate well, helping the rest of the company understand priorities & trends we need to care about. They don't blindly follow the latest management fads, instead they take a human approach. It is refreshing, I don't feel like a number on a spreadsheet. The code is in good shape, despite what some other comments have said. I have been doing this for a while and my tolerance for weirdness is probably higher than some. The code my team works on is very well tested and documented, and not extremely difficult to jump into as a new hire. The company is very remote friendly and I haven't had any problems in that regard, it's been smooth sailing. No surprise, it's a global company after all. Last thing - the other engineers. I have met many talented, experienced engineers here and it has been truly humbling. Because Meraki is part of the Cisco umbrella, there are a ton of smart people here.

Cons

It's a mature application with tons of customers and many features, and uptime is critical. You have to code slowly and thoughtfully, and test thoroughly. Luckily almost all the foot-guns are covered by automated tests to keep you from doing something bad on accident.

3.0
Jul 28, 2022

Sales Review

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Work life balance, remote and/or hybrid work (very flexible), opportunities for growth especially in greater Cisco

Cons

- inside sales managers are young in their careers, big culture of micro management creating bad team culture - unrealistic sales quotas and goals - few opportunities for a raise in current role. Almost seems like they want you to leave as their is no incentive to grow in your current role after ~year

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